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<h1>enable_shared_from_this.hpp</h1>
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<h3><a name="Purpose">Purpose</a></h3>
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The header <STRONG>&lt;boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp&gt;</STRONG> defines
the class template <STRONG>enable_shared_from_this</STRONG>. It is used as a
base class that allows a <A href="shared_ptr.htm">shared_ptr</A> to the current
object to be obtained from within a member function.
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<P><STRONG>enable_shared_from_this&lt;T&gt;</STRONG> defines two member functions
called <STRONG>shared_from_this</STRONG> that return a <STRONG>shared_ptr&lt;T&gt;</STRONG>
and <STRONG>shared_ptr&lt;T const&gt;</STRONG>, depending on constness, to <STRONG>this</STRONG>.</P>
<h3><a name="Example">Example</a></h3>
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class Y: public enable_shared_from_this&lt;Y&gt;
{
public:
shared_ptr&lt;Y&gt; f()
{
return shared_from_this();
}
}
int main()
{
shared_ptr&lt;Y&gt; p(new Y);
shared_ptr&lt;Y&gt; q = p-&gt;f();
assert(p == q);
assert(!(p &lt; q || q &lt; p)); // p and q must share ownership
}
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<h3><a name="Synopsis">Synopsis</a></h3>
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namespace boost
{
template&lt;class T&gt; class enable_shared_from_this
{
public:
shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; shared_from_this();
shared_ptr&lt;T const&gt; shared_from_this() const;
}
}
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<h4>template&lt;class T&gt; shared_ptr&lt;T&gt;
enable_shared_from_this&lt;T&gt;::shared_from_this();</h4>
<h4>template&lt;class T&gt; shared_ptr&lt;T const&gt;
enable_shared_from_this&lt;T&gt;::shared_from_this() const;</h4>
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<b>Requires:</b> <STRONG>enable_shared_from_this&lt;T&gt;</STRONG> must be an
accessible base class of <b>T</b>. <STRONG>*this</STRONG> must be a subobject
of an instance <STRONG>t</STRONG> of type <STRONG>T</STRONG>. There must have
existed at least one <STRONG>shared_ptr</STRONG> instance <STRONG>p</STRONG> pointing
to <STRONG>t</STRONG>.
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<b>Returns:</b> A <b>shared_ptr&lt;T&gt;</b> instance <b>r</b> that shares
ownership with <b>p</b>.
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<b>Postconditions:</b> <tt>r.get() == this</tt>.
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<small>Copyright <20> 2002 by Peter Dimov. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
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